US says war appears imminent after shelling on Ukraine front line

[Tommymac]

87. That statement is debatable. There are many out there who believe a nuke war is 'winnable'.

If you want to read some decent fiction about this possibility, read the last 4 or 5 books in the Dan Lenson series by David Poyer.

(The whole series is 21 books, some of the earlier ones are actually taught at Annapolis. Poyer has some great insights into Naval life and strategy, some of the books are a bit over the top. The last 5 or so detail what could happen in a full scale war with China including nuclear exchanges, the read is good and he explores the nuclear option well in all it's horror.)

I agree the world would be a horribly painful place full of suffering after such an exchange, and most all modern leaders heed the consequences, including the bully/coward Putin; hence the success of the MAD strategy so far. However there are still those political and military theorists who speculate there could be a 'winner'. And their reasoning is not too suspect, though grim reading - and their definition of 'winning' is far from what it has meant in the past.